Hippocratea.~\ HIPPOCRATEACEAE. 213 



Flowers '3--5 in. in diam. : 



Petals triangular lanceolate, valvate ; leaves under 4 in. long : 

 Petals not mucronate at back, glabrous within; leaves sub- 

 coriaceous, elliptic-ovate or -obovate, attenuate at base, margins 

 not recurved ; samaras obovate, emarginate, striate, 1-5-2 in. long, 



broad 1. obtusifolia. 



Petals mucronate at back, puberulous within ; leaves coriaceoiis, 

 oblong, rounded at base, margins recurved; samaras not yet 



known 2. Bourdillonii. 



Petals orbicular, with a narrow claw, imbricate ; leaves coriaceous, 

 elliptic, up to 7 in. long ; samaras oblanceolate, narrow, obtuse, 



striate, up to 3 in. long 3. Arnottiana. 



Flowers '2 in. in diam. ; leaves membranous, under 2 in. long ; samaras 

 1'5 in. long, narrow, acute 4. indica. 



1. HIPPOCRATEA OBTUSIFOLIA, Roxb. ; F. B. I. i. 623; W. & A. 



104. 



E. Coast, from Nellore to Tan j ore in sandy forest tracts ; 

 Deccan, in dry forests of Cuddapah and Kurnool, extend- 

 ing to E. slopes of Nilgiri and Pulney Hills ; W. Coast, 

 scarce. 



A climbing shrub with corky bark and wood of peculiar 

 structure. Yern. Mar. Danshir. 



2. HIPPOCRATEA BOURDILLONII, Gamble in Kew Bull. 1916, 

 132. 



Travancore, near Colatoorpolay, 300 ft. (Bourdillon). 

 A climbing shrub. 



3. HIPPOCRATEA ARNOTTIANA, Wt. 111. t. 46-47; F. B. I. 

 624. 



W. Coast and W. Ghats forests from S. Canara to Malabar 

 and Travancore. 



A climbing shrub with rather large leaves and long, narrow 

 samaras, at once recognized by the orbicular clawed petals. 



4. HIPPOCRATEA INDICA, Willd. ; F. B. I. i. 624 ; Roxb. Cor. 

 PI. ii. 130; W. &A. 104. 



N. Circars, in Yizagapatarn ; Carnatic, in S. Arcot and 



Tanjore ; E. slopes of W. Ghats, in Coimbatore, Madura 



and Tinnevelly. 



A climbing shrub with rather small leaves and small fruit 



samaras. 



